Garment hanger



July 1I?, 1949 H. wi. sHLlEsTzi-w GARMENT HANGER Filed March l, 1948 ttazflzeu Patented July 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

3 Claims.

lviyinvention relates to garment hangers, an important object of which is to provide a garment hanger that will securely support, by means of frictional engagement of its parts, a garment such as a pair of trousers or a skirt.

A further object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger, formed of a single length oi wire bent into a grill-like formation and having a gate formation between which the end of a garment may be securely held by releasable snap locking means, and having formed at its top a hook means for suspending the garment hanger and garment to a clothes rack or Wall hook.

i still further object of my invention is to prom vide tit-iike formations in the wire gate which, in the closed position, project into and between several of the grills and thereby provide an even more secure frictional engagement for the garment therebetween.

A. still further object of my invention is to provide a garment hanger that may be formed. by bending a single length of wire into its various parts and which requires no welding or other attaching means to hold it together.

Other objects and advantages inherent in my invention will become readily apparent from the ensuing description and the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like numerals, and in which:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective View of my in vention shown in a closed position and holding the end of a garment, which is shown in dotted lines.

2 represents the top view of a portion of my invention shown looking in the direction of arrows 2 2 on Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the illustrations, my invention is generally designated 4 and consists of a single length or" wire designated 5. The end of the wire 5 is bent into a hooked formation at 6, the bottom of which is bent downwardly or vertically at '1, and then bent at approximately a 60 angle to form the right-hand top support portion 8. The outer end of the top support portion 8 is bent downwardly at 9 to form a part of the right-hand side support; the end of the side support 9 is formed into a knot-like loop l0, which is curved around the side portion 9 to form the top Il of a gate-like formation, generally designated 2S, and having a left-hand side I3 and a bottom i2.

The side i3 of the gate 28 is arcuately bent at lli to engage the side 2B of a grill formation il; the right end of the bottom l2 oi the gate 2t being bent upwardly to form the right support side l5 and is arcuately bent at it to pass through the previously described loop IG.

At the arcuate bend I5, the wire 5 is formed downwardly into the right-hand side of a grill il, which consists of a number of vertical poru tions I8 continuously interconnected by arcuate 'bends I9. The left-hand vertical portion Eil being offset at 2l to act as an engaging means for the arcuately bent side I3 of the gate 2B. The

vbottom oiset bend 2l of the grill il is arcuately bent at 22 to form the left-hand side support 23 for the clothes hanger and is bent in a 60 angle at 23 t0 form the left-hand top support 245, which is bent and coiled at 25 around the vertical portion 'I of the hook 6, completing the construction The wire of the top Il and the bottom i2 oi the gate 28 is bent into a number of tit-like formations which are so located that, when the gate 28 is closed against the grill I7, the tit formations 26 will project into and beyond the spaces 'formed by the sides IB, and will provide an increased clamping arrangement for a garment 2l disposed intermediately therebetween.

The arcuate bend i6 of the gate 28 being se curely held by the loop l0 of the side support Ei acts as a spring-like hinge for the gate 23 and, to use the garment hanger, the arcuately bent end I3 of the gate 28 is disengaged from the end 2d of the grill Il and swung outwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2.

A garment 21 is placed between the grill il and the gate 28. The gate 28 is now closed by re engaging the arcuately bent side I3 with the end 20 of the grill I1. In this position, the top Il and bottom I2 of the gate 28, together with the tit-formations 26 thereon, will hold a garment 21 firmly in place between the gate 28 and the grill l1, and the garment may be hung upon a clothes rack or hook by means of its hooked formation 6.

It will be noted that this garment hanger is constructed of a single length of wire which is formed and bent into its various parts and that no welding or other attaching means are used whatsoever.

The disclosure hereinabove may be departed from in keeping with general structural equivalents, provided they are embraced within the purview of the limitations set forth and dened in the appended claims.

Having thus disclosed and revealed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A garment hanger made of one piece of wire comprising, a hanger hook portion connected to an angular support portion, the said angular support portion continuing to forni an articulate` loop portion further continuing :toA form a gate portion interconnected by an. loffset .snap locking portion, the terminus of the said gate portion being formed into an upright portion thev end of which is articulately secured through the said loop portion and continuing to form; a sinuously formed portion cooperatively associ` ated with the said gate portion to clamp a garment therebetween, the terminus of the said sinuously formed portion being formedfinte a mating oiset snap locking portion adapted to releasably engage the said first-mentioned oiiset snap locking portion, .the said second-mentioned offset snap locking portion continuing to form a second upright. portion oppositely .disposed to. the said inst-mentioned upright portion', the said second-mentioned lln'l'iglitj portion continuingA to form a vsecond angular.supportl portion to complete the hanging support section for .a coat-like garment, the terminal portion ofthe said secondmentioned angular portion being coiled about the neck portion of the said hook portion.

2. A garment hanger made of one piece of wire comprising, a hanger hook portion Iconnected to an angularsupport portion, the vsaid angular support portion continuing to form .an articulate loop portion further continuing. to form a gate portion interconnected by an .offset snap locking portion, the terminus ofthe said. gate portion being formed. into an upright portion. the end Yof which is articulately secured through the said loop portion and continuing to form a sinuously formed portion cooperatively associated. with the said gate portion to Vclamp a ,garment therebetween, the terminus of the said, sinuously formed portion being formed into'. a mating .oiset snap locking portion adapted to releasably engage the said first-mentioned. offset snap locking portion, the said second-mentioned offset snap locking portion continuing to formasecond upright portion oppositely disposed .to they said first-men-` tioned upright portion, the said second-inentioned upright portion continuing to form a second angular support portion to complete the hanging support section for a coat-like garment, the terminal portion of the said second-mentioned angular portion being coiled about the neck portion of the said hook portion, the said gate portion in association with the said sinuously formed portion being adapted to releasably clamp a garment therebetween when both the said offset snap locking portions are secured.

3. 'A garment hanger made of one piece of wire comprising, a hanger hook portion connected to an angular support portion, the said angular support portion continuing to form an articulate loop portion further continuing to form a gate portion interconnected by an offset snap locking portion, the Yterminus of the said gate portion being formed into an upright portion the end of which is articulately secured through the said loop portion and continuing to form a sinuously for-med portion cooperatively7 associated with the said gate portion to clamp a garment therebetween, the terminus of the said sinuously formed portion having recesses and being formed into a mating offset snap locking portion adapted to releasably engage the said first-mentioned oiset snap locking portion, the said second-mentioned offset snap locking 4portion continuing to form a second uprightA portion oppositely disposed to the said firstemen-tioned upright portion, the said second-mentioned upright portion continuing to form a second angular support portion to complete the hanging support portion for a coat-like garment, the terminal portion of the said second-mentioned angular portion being coiled about the neck portion of the said hook portion, the said gate portionv being provid-edV with tit formations engaging the said recesses in the said .sinuously formed portion to more effectively hold a garment supported between the said sin'uously formed portion and the said gate portion.

HANS M. SCHLIESTEDT.

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